Nicola Renzi (*Bologna, 1997)
Education
September 2019 - July 2021: Master's Degree in Music and Theatre Studies, University of Bologna (Thesis: Sounds like Sápmi. Prospettive ecologiche nella narrazione musicale del paesaggio. Supervisor: Prof. Domenico Staiti. 110 cum laude)
January - June 2020: Erasmus+ Studio at University of Turku, Faculty of Humanities.
September 2016 - November 2019: BA in Drama, Art and Music Studies, University of Bologna (Thesis: Modern joik and drumming. Processi di resilienza e continuità culturale nella musica Sami. Supervisor: Prof. Domenico Staiti. 110)
Workshops and scientific memberships
He is member of the research unit 'Indigenous Studies' at the University of Helsinki.
Participation in numerous national and international meetings and workshops centering on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology including "Audiovisual Documentation on the Fields" (Fondazione CINI, 2020) and "Audiovisual Ethnomusicology and online platforms" (IISMC 2021).
He's an active member of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM) and of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). He collaborates with the Study Groups Music and Minorities, Indigenous Music and Dance and Musical Instruments for ICTM, and the Special Interest Group for Ecomusicology (SEM).
Teaching activities
29.11.2021 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (BA) Tecniche della Ricerca Etnografica (1), prof. Zelda Alice Franceschi: «Le storie di vita, memorie e musica. Due casi di self-joik tra i Sami»
1.12.2021 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (BA) Tecniche della Ricerca Etnografica (1), prof. Zelda Alice Franceschi: «Strumenti, tecniche e metodologie della documentazione audiovisiva di interesse etnografico»
2.3.2022 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (MA) Laboratorio (1), prof. Silvia Bruni: «What does it sound like Sápmi? Strumenti e approcci al campo da remoto»
24.11.2022 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (BA) Tecniche della Ricerca Etnografica (1), prof. Zelda Alice Franceschi: «Il mezzo audiovisivo nella ricerca etnografica. Approcci, strumenti, tecniche»
1.3.2023 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (MA) Laboratorio (1), prof. Silvia Bruni: «L'audioregistrazione di interesse etnomusicologico: teoria, strumenti e tecniche»
2.10.2023 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (L) Antropologia delle Americhe (1), prof. Zelda Alice Franceschi: «Etnografie dell’ascolto in contesti indigeni. Il caso dei Sámi nell’Artico europeo»
17.10.2023 | Niterói, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Talk (2 hours) Seminar (LM) Cosmopolíticas – Núcleo de Antropologia, prof. Oiara Bonilla: «Diálogos com o rio e o vento. A escuta profunda do colonialismo verde nos territórios indígenas do Artico europeu»
31.1.2024 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (LM) Laboratorio (1), prof. Massimiliano Mollona: «La ripresa del suono nell’indagine etno- ed eco-musicologica: strumenti, metodi, etica»
13.2.2024 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (BA) Tecniche della Ricerca Etnografica (1), prof. Zelda Alice Franceschi: «Il mezzo audiovisivo nella ricerca etnografica. Approcci, strumenti, tecniche»
16.2.2024 | Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Talk (2 hours) Course (BA) Tecniche della Ricerca Etnografica (1), prof. Zelda Alice Franceschi: «Metodi di etnografia sonora tra i Sámi dell'Artico europeo»
28.2.2024 | Torino, Università di Torino
Talk (2 hours) Course (BA) Etnomusicologia, prof. Ilario Meandri: «Laboratiorio Soundscapes Sami»
12.4.2024 | Ravenna, Università di Bologna
Talk (2 ore) Course (MA) Sound Ecologies and the Anthropology of Sustainability prof. Marc Andrew Brightman: «Dialogues with rivers and winds. Deep listening to green colonialism on Sámi Indigenous lands»
Conference papers and seminars
13.11.2021, Ravenna
"«Humadii, duoddarat juige»: note sulla traducibilità sinfonica dello joik del vento", XXV Colloquio di Musicologia del «Saggiatore musicale», Università di Bologna, Ravenna, 12-14 November 2021
12.4.2022, Bologna
Organisation and coordination of the doctoral seminar Raccontare, ascoltare, restituire. Etica della ricerca etnografica tra film e musei, in the framework of the PhD course in "History and Archaeology. Memory, Civilization and Heritage", Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna.
26.7.2022, Lisboa
"«What Will the Spirits Tell Us about the Events to Come?»: Mapping the Environmental Crisis on a Sami Noaidi Drum", 46th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, 21-27 July 2022
27.2.2023, Bologna
"La memoria del fiume. Canti e storie di ascolto di donne Sámi", Il silenzio delle ragazze. Gli studi di genere fra storia e antropologia 3, DISCI – Università di Bologna, Bologna.
29.3.2023, Colombo
"Biegga, Čáhci, Duoddarat, and other ‘Geo-Phones’: Polyorganicity of Sápmi and Environmental Accompaniments to Sami Yoiks", 24th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instruments, University of the Visual and Performing Arts, UVPA, Colombo, 29th March - 1st April 2023.
15.7.2023, Legon
"Gendered sounds and materiality in the Sicilian puppet theatre", 47th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, University of Ghana, Legon, 13-19 July 2023 (co-author: Amato, Laura Chiara).
23.9.2023, Palermo
Roundtable «ECHOFRIENDLY»: developing acoustemological models and ICT tools for soundscape preservation and ecoacoustic quality assessment, coordinator: Domenico Staiti (Università di Bologna); participants: Silvia Bruni, Lorenzo Chiarofonte, Nicola Renzi (Università di Bologna), Ilario Meandri, and Camila Degen (Università di Torino), 38th European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM), "Antonio Pasqualino" International Puppet Museum, Palermo, 19-23 September 2023.
23.9.2023, Palermo
"Biocultural approaches to sound mapping as quanti-qualitative method", talk in the roundtable «ECHOFRIENDLY»: developing acoustemological models and ICT tools for soundscape preservation and ecoacoustic quality assessment (coordinator: Domenico Staiti), 38th European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM), "Antonio Pasqualino" International Puppet Museum, Palermo, 19-23 September 2023.
8.12.2023, Kelaniya
"Today Has Been Hard: A Sonic Account on the Simultaneous Fall of Human Rights in Finland and Norway", 12th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Minorities with a joint day with the Study Group on Indigenous Music and Dance, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 4-9 December 2023.
15.3.2024, Helsinki
"(Hi)stories of listening from Sápmi. Learning from Indigenous and Other-Than-Human voices through collaborative audio-anthology making", in the panel Listening and giving voice to more-than-human world (Convenors: Justin Armstrong, Jenni Rinne, Helena Ruotsala, Kirsi Sonck-Rautio, Tiina Suopajärvi), Etnologian Päivät (Ethnology Days) XII, University of Helsinki, Finland, 14-15 March 2024.
Event organisation, curatorial projects and artistic collaborations
18.04.2024, Skövde
Field recordist and sound curator for Jenni Laiti, Lada Suomenrinne (directors), Biegga bieggá [film], part of the exhibition Buot gatnjalat oktii golget / Alla tårar rinner ihop / All these tears, Konstmuseet, Skövde, Sweden.
20.10.2022,Venice
"Yoiking in Honor of Venice" (Sámi music concert and donation of the Venice luohti to the city), Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
29.09.2023, Sápmi
"Sombyšaldi - Field recording", in Jakop Janssønn (host), Sámi ritmmat / Samiske rytmer [podcast], S2E5, Apple Podcasts [open access].
11.10.2023, Sápmi
"Wind turbine - Field Recording", in Jakop Janssønn (host), Sámi ritmmat / Samiske rytmer [podcast], S2E7, Apple Podcasts [open access].
Prizes and scholarships
29.10.2023, Catania
Società Italiana di Musicologia (SIdM) Degree Dissertation Award.
Third edition awarded to the MA thesis "Sounds like Sápmi. Prospettive ecologiche nella narrazione musicale del paesaggio", during the 30th Annual Conference of the Società Italiana di Musicologia (SIdM) held in Catania, Italy, from the 27th to the 29th of October 2023.
30.8.2022 – 30.11.2022, Bologna
"Marco Polo" Mobility Scholarship from Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna.
Other activities
January 2023 - today: compilation, editing and production of the audio-anthology Muitalusat guldaleami birra – Histories of Listening from Sápmi as part of the joint doctoral research between the University of Bologna and the University of Helsinki.
January 2022 - today: cataloguing of 'non-Western' musical instruments at Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna.
August 2020 - June 2021: web content manager and audiovisual documentation at Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
November 2019 - June 2021: audiovisual documentation, editing and social media at Centro Studi Euterpe Mousikè.
November 2019 - August 2020: web content manager at Orchestra filarmonica di Bologna.
